Killing Ame

[18:52:09] Somnus marches into the city, beaten and bruised. Several disgusting scars blemish his arms- signs that he'd suffered assualts form a lightning mage. Crimson drips from his frame, leaving a trail of vital fluids within his wake. While his movements are sluggish...

Pushes onwards with a dead pan stare, stomping along, moving one hoof after another.

Spotted.

The denizens of Gaiar Aetherius, for the moment, get ignored, focusing on Anaxes, and Anaxes alone.

"Captured." He grunts, explaining the situation, and answer Zaruma. "Gave it the chance to take it's own life. It gave..a final request to do so. Failed." Somnus place his hand upon Ame's back, slamming his hoof into her left leg, forcing her to take a knee.

"...it make claims of wanting your head...

I give it to you."
(Somnus Illarian)

[18:55:34] "Ah. I see--"

The Archon was quite displeased with what Analise said, but he turned around to glance at Ame. Instead, his expression turned into quite a grin, satisfied with the catch.

"Well done, Somnus."

"And yes, I am fully aware of this one's claim. I have spared her life once, but--"

"Even after my kindness, even after my mercy, even after I gave you a chance to correct your ways and perhaps come around to bow to me as your Lord--"

He leaned closer, grasping Ame by a chin to rise her eyes up to meet Archon's.

"You still dare to defy me?"
(Zaruma)

[18:57:16] My my.

Anaxes had settled down next to the temple once more, letting Zaruma handle the recent captives. The one Somnus had brought forth was quite an intriguing one, however, and soon caught the Archon's attention.

Here eyes fixed on Ame and the hints of a smile appeared on her lips. As the woman was forced on her knees, the Demon watched Zaruma yank her chin up.

"You defied Zaruma. You defied us. You made grand, bold claims, and evidently you don't have the ability to back them up."

The Demon tilted her head, bringing a hand up to tap at her chin.

"Disloyal. Headstrong, and worst of all, absolutely foolish."

The female Archon turned slightly, eyeing the leader of the city.

"Zaruma, have we any prisoners you wish to convert? This one would do as a test."
(Anaxes)

[18:58:08] Despite Somnus' effort to make her kneel-- Ame wouldn't keep the stance. How come? Well, she fell on the side, in somekind of state of uncounciousness.

The right side of Ame's face was -- had scars. Not burns, but omething similar. (https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/katawashoujo/images/d/d0/Hanako_playing_pool.png/revision/latest?cb=20130628051013) Best image I could find...

Zaruma was holding her chin but, there were no answers. She was like a doll, a toy ... her eyes were barely opened. Could she even talk? She would pass out a few times but come back time eachtime, Lightning Bolts striking the ground as somekind of defensive mechanism.

It wouldn't hurt anyone though ...
(Ame)

[19:04:06] Zaruma noted the lightning cracking, and he sighed.

"Stubborn to the end."

The crimson gaze turned back at Analise. The Lord had no particular emotion other than disgust portrayed over his face, and he spoke to the woman.

"If you do not wish to accept me as your Lord, to live properly in Aetherius, away from the yoke of Gehennans and enlightened from your ignorance--"

"Then watch what would happen if you do not."

Zaruma shook his head towards Anaxes.

"This one is valuable to nobody. She's naught but a wandering vagabond with impressive strength, but she made herself our enemy."

The scythe was drawn. It was positioned masterfully in the hands of Archon of Tempest who wielded it with utmost efficiency, and his gaze was planted down upon Ame. These were to be her final moments.

"You had your chance to serve me, woman. Now die."

SWING.

...And Ame's body is instantly headless. The sheer strength, combined with the power of winds, force her head to fly up in the air, and the Archon catches it with his left hand, staring into dead eyes.

"Now THIS is what happens to those that refuse my kindness."

A glance was turned back at Analise.

"We do not live under Gehennans, and your kind is not threatened here, for as long as they make themselves properly useful."

"Do you still wish to defy me, human?"
(Zaruma)

[19:12:38] A prisoner brought out to be executed. The woman watched on despite how much she wanted to look away as the scythe came down on Ame. Their head arcing through the air before Analise.

She fell to her knees in an instant, profusely vomiting up her rice filled guts as the neck spurted blood from where the head once was. She gagged and coughed up the last few drops of bile before lifting herself up with hand still on her knee to take in deep breathes.

"I-..."

Is that what awaited her if she tried to run? But the alternative was servitude, and worse, fighting for and with Gehennans.

"I'm not serving the ones who helped kill my entire family and friends...I ain't helping you...I just want to back home."
(Analise Marchant)
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[19:12:38] Ru Xiang whispers something.
[19:12:38] Ru Xiang whispers something.
[19:12:38] As the head of the woman becomes severed, Somnus only sighs. There is a tinge of regret as he glares at Auriel's beanie, forcing to remember happier days during his youth. Yet, he finds himself torn, as the sight of a fallen enemy fills him to the brim with euphoria.

Why must everything be so contradicting?

"...if you don't mind, I'll be taking the body. Even in death, her use is plentiful."


He shakes his head.

"..and Lord Zaruma, when you're far less busy-- I'd like to speak with you in private."
(Somnus Illarian)
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[19:13:29] Well shit. There goes that plan.

Anaxes hadn't expected Zaruma to be so damned swift about it, but what can you do? Her expression remained unfazed, though the smile died as the woman was beheaded.

"Hrm. Guess Choi will be getting a corpse after all."

The Demon tapped a finger against her chin, sighing lightly.

"Get yourself treated, Somnus. You did well."
(Anaxes)

[19:16:54] "You can take the body, Somnus."

The Archon was brief on that note. His gaze turned back to Analise, and he decided to exclaim further.

"Ah. A pity."

"Off to prisons you go, then. Perhaps we will have benefit trading you for something or someone else, in that case."

The crimson gaze squinted, adding to his previous sentence.

"While you're at it, Somnus, could you take this woman to prisons? We do have something to trade with Jianghu, so she might come useful in that way."
(Zaruma)